Trophy Book Awards

Since its beginning in 1970, Arizona Wildlife
Trophies has been a means to recognize the
unique, individual quality of big game animals
in the state of Arizona. Click here to learn how you can get
your copy.

2017 Annual Competition
Awards

Each
year there is an annual competition. All
entries received by May 1 following
the calendar year the animal is taken are
automatically entered in the
competition. Entries received after the May 1st
deadline are not eligible for
the annual competition but will still be
entered into the next record book. The
annual competition award is awarded only to
outstanding trophies in each
category at the discretion of the Arizona
Wildlife Trophies committee. Also any
number of honorable mention awards can be
awarded in each category.

The
awards for the 2017 annual competition will be
presented at the 2018 Arizona Antelope
Foundation Banquet on June 16 at the Embassy
Suites, 4400 South Rural Road, Tempe, AZ

Bronze awards were
awarded to:

David Meyer - Pronghorn 90 6/8

Joseph A
Dietrich - Typical Coues Deer 127

Lucas
Williams - Typical Mule Deer 191 5/8

Aspen
Mathis - Non Typical Mule Deer 224 1/8

Sheldon M
Murhphy - Typical Elk 401 2/8

Mike
Ronning - Non Typical Elk 424 6/8

Lewis
Wallace - Desert Sheep 177 3/8

David
Hussey - Rocky Mountain Sheep 181 5/8

Mark D
Sipe - Turkey 1 14/16

Mike
Crimmins - Bison 101 4/8

Hunter
Carmen Lopez - Javelina 15

James
Pyburn - Black Bear 21 14/16

Honorable
Mention awards were awarded to:

Matthew L Ortiz - Pronghorn 85
4/8

Robin
Wills Bechtel - Typical Coues Deer 117 4/8

Ryan
Coons - Typical Mule Deer 191

James P
Mellody - Typical Elk 378 1/8

Robin
Wills Bechtel - Non Typical Elk 393 1/8

Steven J
Stayner - Rocky Mountain Sheep 181 3/8

Robin
Wills Bechtel - Javelina 14 6/16

Jack
Harris Lutch - Black Bear 21 8/16

Hector
Rodriguez - Cougar 14
2015

Special awards were awarded
to:

David
Hussey - Arizona Trophy Heads & Horns

David
Hussey - Arizona Big Game Award

David
Hussey - Arizona Trophy Hunter

Anton
"Skip" Rimsza - Arizona Trophy Heads &
Horns

Brian A
Rimsza - Arizona Trophy Heads & Horns

Annual Competition

The Annual Competition includes the following
species: pronghorn, typical Coues deer,
non-typical Coues deer, typical mule deer,
non-typical mule deer, typical elk, non-typical
elk, desert bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain
bighorn sheep, bison, javelina, black bear,
cougar and wild turkey. (The jaguar was put on
the protected species list in 1968, and Arizona
was included in the area in which jaguars are
protected under the Endangered Species Act in
1997). To learn more click here: Annual
Competition Rules If you would like to
enter your trophy, you will need to meet these
Requirements.

Trophy Hunters Special Awards Program

Beginning with the 1990 edition of Arizona
Wildlife Trophies, it was deemed appropriate to
recognize dedicated trophy hunters. Four
unique awards were established to reward and
encourage those hunters who had consciously
chosen to kill less often in a genuine effort
to harvest older, more mature and, hopefully,
past-prime animals. Click on the
following for rules and requirements for each
awards.

The Official Scoring System

In 1950 the Boone & Crockett Club devised a
system of rating trophies according to overall
quality. Since that time, its official scoring
system has become the internationally
recognized system for ranking North American
big game and is the one used in Arizona
Wildlife Trophies for listing all trophies
except javelina and wild turkey. No system
existed for scoring javelina when the first
edition of Arizona Wildlife Trophies was being
developed. Several alternatives were
considered, and the Committee finally decided
to use a skull measurement similar to that used
by Boone & Crockett for bears and cats,
with the exception that teeth were not to be
considered part of the skull when measuring
length, because javelina are prone to dental
malformations which affect scores unjustly.
Even though some large javelina have small
heads and vice-versa, the skull measurement is
still the most accurate and fair way to judge
this animal.